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title: מְדָן — Medan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְדָן (4091), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Medan. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְדָן

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«מְדָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Medan** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 4091 · **BDB:** מְדָן

### Glosses

Medan (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Medan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4091/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4091/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. 1. son of Abraham and Keturah Gn 25:2 1 Ch 1:32.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְדָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4091/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 25:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.25.2/)

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וַתֵּ֣לֶד ל֗וֹ אֶת־זִמְרָן֙ וְאֶת־יָקְשָׁ֔ן וְאֶת־מְדָ֖ן וְאֶת־מִדְיָ֑ן וְאֶת־יִשְׁבָּ֖ק וְאֶת־שֽׁוּחַ׃

*Word for word:* and she.bore to him (et) Zimran and (et) Jokshan and (et) Medan and (et) Midian and (et) Ishbak and (et) Shuah

*JPS 1917:* And she bore him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

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[1 Chronicles 1:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.32/)

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וּבְנֵ֨י קְטוּרָ֜ה פִּילֶ֣גֶשׁ אַבְרָהָ֗ם יָלְדָ֞ה אֶת־זִמְרָ֧ן וְיָקְשָׁ֛ן וּמְדָ֥ן וּמִדְיָ֖ן וְיִשְׁבָּ֣ק וְשׁ֑וּחַ וּבְנֵ֥י יָקְשָׁ֖ן שְׁבָ֥א וּדְדָֽן׃ס

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Keturah the.concubine of.Abraham she.bore (et) Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah and the.sons of.Jokshan \[were\].Sheba and Dedan

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba, and Dedan.

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